Weekend Woman’s Hour: Helena Bonham Carter on ‘Nolly’, Sophie Duker, Happy Valley & kinship care, Emily Atack’

Helena Bonham Carter tells us about playing Noele Gordon, "the Queen of the midlands", in new ITV drama 'Nolly' written by Russell T Davies. The actress starred in the hugely popular TV soap Crossroads for 18 years until she was sacked very suddenly in 1981. <br /> <br /> The TV drama Happy Valley has captured the public&rsquo;s imagination with the final episode of the final series airing this Sunday. We hear from one listener who contacted Woman&rsquo;s Hour about how as a kinship carer she has felt &ldquo;heard&rdquo; by the drama and Anita also speaks to Dr Lucy Peake the chief executive of Kinship &ndash; the UK&rsquo;s largest charity for kinship carers.<br /> <br /> We speak to actor and comic, Emily Atack who is standing up against the men who cyber-flash her daily. Having received unsolicited, unwanted, abusive messages, dick pics and crude images for years she has made a documentary &ldquo;Emily Atack: Asking for it?&rdquo; for BBC 2. <br /> <br /> It&rsquo;s 20 years in England since the repeal of section 28 &ndash; a law that came in from 1988 to 2003 to ban the &lsquo;promotion of homosexuality&rsquo; in UK schools. Professor Catherine Lee of Anglia Ruskin University is a lesbian and taught in schools for every year of section 28. We discuss how this law affected gay or lesbian teachers and students.<br /> <br /> Women are able to recall details of sexual assault and rape with accuracy, even if they have drunk &ndash; moderate amounts of alcohol, according to a new study from the University of Birmingham. Heather Flowe, Professor of Psychology who led the study tells us about its significance.<br /> <br /> The comedian Sophie Duker is on a mission to reclaim the term 'hag' in her new UK stand-up tour of the same name. She tells us about growing up with &lsquo;the princess myth&rsquo;, embracing ageing and our sexuality<br /> <br /> Presenter: Anita Rani<br /> Producer: Surya Elango<br /> Editor: Lucinda Montefiore